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How does the Watchtower feels about examinning other beliefs? The Truth that Leads to Eternal Life 1968, pg 13

The Watchtower Bible & Tract Society made these claims & predictions

  • They claim to be a Prophet
    • Wt, 1/15/1959, pg 40, 41 Whom has God actually used as his prophet?...Jehovah’s Witnesses are deeply grateful today that the plain facts show that God has been pleased to use them.
    • Wt, 4/1/1972, pg 197 Who is this prophet?..Today they are known as Jehovah’s Witnesses.
    • Wt, 10/1/1982, pg 27 .....“prophet” class yet on earth. The “war of the great day of God the Almighty” at Har-Magedon could not start before this composite “prophet” ends his work.
  • They claim to speak in Jehovah’s name
  • They claim to be the official mouthpiece and channel of Jehovah
    • Wt, 7/1/1943, pg 203 He merely uses his "servant" class to publish the interpretation after the Supreme Court by Christ Jesus reveals it.
    • Wt, 7/1/1943, pg 205 Jehovah speaks to us through his Son....He has appointed his "faithful and wise servant", who is his visible mouthpiece...These directions from the Lord come to us as individuals...
      Informant(KM), 1/1956, pg 1, ...And how does he speak? Through his appointed channel of communication- his collective congregation of anointed ones...the Watchtower...to dispense Jehovah's communications.
    • Wt, 6/15/1957, pg 370 identify Jehovah’s channel of communication for our day......respond to the directions of the “slave” as we would to the voice of God, because it is his provision.
    • Wt, 1/15/1959, pg 40, 41 ....Jehovah thrust out his hand of power and touched their lips and put his word in their mouths.
  • They claim to have a chosen and secret organization with special knowledge and angelic transmission
    • Preperation, 1933 ,pg 36, 37 , 64 .... ...transmission of information to God’s anointed people...the angels transmit this information, we know that they do it; the scriptures and the facts show that it is done...convey the thoughts to their minds...To all on the outside of the organization of Jehovah his is a secret organization.
    • Holy Spirit 1976, pg 175, 176 He put his word in the mouth of his chosen people ....He has put his word, his message of the hour, into the mouth of the spiritual remnant.
    • Wt, 10/15/1980, pg 17 God gives his humble servants special knowledge that others do not have... having advance knowledge from Jehovah, his servants are equipped .....
  • They claim Jehovah instructed or used them on certain events
    • Creation 1927, pg 121 Because it was the Lord’s due time to restore these truths he used Charles T. Russell to write and publish books known as Studies in the Scriptures by which the great fundamental truths of the divine plan are clarified.
  • They claim they are the beloved wife of Jehovah and are our Mother
  • They predicted the following dates as the battle of Armageddon
    • Zion’s Wt, 1/15/1892, pg 1355, reprint .. “battle” is definitely marked in Scripture as October, 1914.
    • The Time is at Hand, 1908, pg 101 ....the “battle of the great day of God Almighty” (Rev.16:14) which will end in A.D. 1914, with the complete overthrow of earth’s present rulership, is already commenced.
    • The Finished Mystery, 1917, pg 398, 399, 485 .... ........the people who are the strength of Christendom shall be cut off in the brief but terribly eventful period beginning in 1918 A.D. A third part are “burned with fire in the mist of the city.” .....After 1918 the people supporting churchianity will cease to be its, supporters, be destroyed as adherents,...Also in the year 1918, when God destroys the churches wholesale and the church members by the millions....
    • Vindication 1, 1931, pg 146, 338, 339 ..... ....years 1914,1918 and 1925 ..... they also learned to quit fixing dates for the future and predicting what would come to pass on certain dates....
    • Wt, 9/15/1941, pg 288 ...in the remaining months before Armageddon.
    • Wt, 5/1/1968, pg 273 Chart of dates 1975 end of 6th 1000-year day...2975 end of 7th 1000-year day....
    • Aw, 1/22/1969, pg 16 Other Bible prophecies clearly foretell God’s purpose to bring this wicked system to an end in a few years.
    • Aw, 5/22/1969, pg 15 If you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things. .....all evidence in fulfillment of Bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years. ....as a young person you will never fulfill any career that this system offers. If you are in high school and thinking about a college education, it means at least four, perhaps even six or eight more years to graduate into a specialized career. But where will this system of things be by that time? It will be well on the way toward its finish, if not actually gone!
    • Wt, 10/15/1969, pg 622, 623 ....seventh millennium from man’s creation by Jehovah God would begin in less than ten years.
    • The Nations Shall Know That I Am Jehovah, 1971, pg 216 Shortly, within our twentieth century, the "battle in the day if Jehovah" will begin against modern antitype of Jerusalem, Christendom.
    • Wt, 1/1/1989, pg 12 The apostle Paul was spearheading the Christian missionary activity. He was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our 20th century. (This quote was later changed in the WT bound volume to: He was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our day.)
  • They blamed other religions for setting dates and called them false prophets
    • Aw, 10/8/1968, pg23 ...those in times past who predicted an “end of the world”, even announcing a specific date...they were guilty of false prophesying.
    • Wt, 6/15/1974, pg 381 Similarly the “false prophet” is not a person, but is a system or an organization. A “prophet” claims to have inspired information for the direction of others.
  • They predicted other events
    • Wt,7/15/1960, pg 444 In 1942 the “faithful and discreet slave” guided by Jehovah’s unerring spirit made known that the democracies would win World War II .... “faithful and discreet slave” has been tipped off ahead of time.....
  • The generation of 1914 that would not pass away has changed to a contemporary generation. (Another failed prediction)
    • All the literature before 1995 spoke of the generation that was 10-15 years old or born during 1914 would not pass away before Armageddon. [ 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 ]
    • Wt, 11/1/1995, pg 17 Rather than provide a rule for measuring time, the term “generation” as used by Jesus refers to a contemporary people of a certain historical period.....

Charles Taze Russell delt in pyramidology , astrology , sungod emblems and Masonic imagery

  • Russell measured pyramid tunnels to verify his dates 1874, 1878, 1881, 1914 , 1915 and 1918, Rutherford continued this pyramidology until 1928 then said it was under the direction of Satan the Devil
  • Russell used the symbol of the sungod Ra on the covers of his books
  • Russell used the symbol of the sungod Ra on the covers of his books
    • Jehovah’s Witnesses Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom, 1993, pg 88, Has a picture the books “The Finished Mystery” and “ Pastor Russell’s Sermons” with the symbol on it. (See scanned copy of "The Divine Plan of The Ages" and "The Finished Mystery" with the sungod Ra symbol)

Did Jesus choose the “Faithful & Discreet Slave” of the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society in 1919 as a pure and true organization? Lets examine their teachings in around that time period to see just what Jesus would have seen.

  • Predicted Armageddon in 1914 & 1918
    • Zion’s Wt, 1/15/1892, pg 1355, reprint ...“battle” is definitely marked in Scripture as October,1914.
    • The Time is at Hand, 1908, pg 101, ....the “battle of the great day of God Almighty” (Rev.16:14)which will end in A.D. 1914, with the complete overthrow of earth’s present rulership, is already commenced.
    • The Finished Mystery, 1917, pg 398, 399, 485, ...the people who are the strength Of Christendom shall be cut off in the brief but terribly eventful period beginning in1918 A.D. A third part are “burned with fire in the mist of the city.” .....After 1918 the people supporting churchianity will cease to be its, supporters, be destroyed as adherents,... Also in the year 1918, when God destroys the churches wholesale and the church members by the millions....
  • Taught the White race was superior, and Blacks could change to White in the “New System”.
    • Zion’s Wt, 10/1/1900, pg 2706, reprint, Though once as black as charcoal, the Rev. Mr. Draper is now white. His people say that his color was changed in answer to prayer.
    • Zion’s Wt, 7/15/1902, pg 3043, reprint, While it is true that the white race exhibits some qualities of superiority over any other, we are to remember that there are wide differences in the same Caucasian (Semitic and Arvan) family...
    • The Golden Age,7/24/1929, pg 702, ...when Noah said, "Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren," he pictured the future of the Colored race.

Why are you baptized in the Father, the Son and the Spirit of the Organization?

  • Baptized only in the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
    • Wt, 7/1/1955, pg 411 A Christian, therefore, cannot be baptized in the name of the one actually doing the immersing or in the name of any man, nor in the name of any organization, but in the name of the Father, the Son and the holy spirit. This shows, among other things, that Christianity is not a denominational affair, that sects have nothing to do with it.
      B. Dedicated to God and his "spirit-directed organization" (the Watchtower Society).
    • Wt, 6/1/1985, pg 30 Do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in association with God’s spirit-directed organization?